jaxson50 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I hope you enjoy this story as much as I did; http://www.thecanteen.com/ron.html http://www.rickresource.com/rrp/lennon325.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I've read it a number of times but it's cool to revisit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted June 6, 2012 Author Share Posted June 6, 2012 I've read it a number of times but it's cool to revisit it. I have only seen a handful of those Ric short scale, I didn't know he had disconnected the middle pickup, but it makes since for the way he played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Thanks for that post, jaxson. I'd never read either story before. Very interesting indeed. P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Thanks. Good reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aster1 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Great read, thanks!! Fun story and I like how that fellow wasn't going to "cow tow" to a big star, even a Beatle. Aster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Those guys (The Beatles) really put their instruments to the test... They were constantly playing them.... I'm actually impressed they didn't break head-stocks on any of them as much as they handled them and being place all over the studio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaleb Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Those guys (The Beatles) really put their instruments to the test... They were constantly playing them.... I'm actually impressed they didn't break head-stocks on any of them as much as they handled them and being place all over the studio John dropped his "Miami" 325 in 1965...Every time he played it (this includes the famous Shea Stadium show of 65'), it would go out of tune. And everyone knows the tragic ending of George's Country Gentleman..... I hear that George really took care of his gear though (except for the Country Gent incident....), especially in his later years. When he first got his Duo Jet (the one that Gretsch/Fender is cloning...), he polished that thing up like there was no tomorrow. He had a quite interesting collection of guitars, including all of his nice Strats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted June 6, 2012 Author Share Posted June 6, 2012 I read a story about the rebuild that Hofner did on Pauls Beatle Basses, he had two, the older one (the first he bought ) was sent to the shop with strick orderes not to remove the play list that was on the top edge, it was the play list fron their last concert in SF. The fretts were worn down into the fingerboard, he had tied the front end on the shoulder strap around the neck at the heel end, with a leather shoe lace that was tied on where the raised neck sits just infron of the neck pickup.... The bass left the shop like new, with the play list still on it. It is on it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Even the greats bang em every now and then. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-n-Dlj-iz4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teer Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Thank you Jaxson50, a great read(again)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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